diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/external/provider/impl/SHERPAv2JournalDataProvider.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/external/provider/impl/SHERPAv2JournalDataProvider.java
index a4276c83ed..f0ce6a979a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/external/provider/impl/SHERPAv2JournalDataProvider.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/external/provider/impl/SHERPAv2JournalDataProvider.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class SHERPAv2JournalDataProvider extends AbstractExternalDataProvider {
         if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(sherpaJournal.getIssns())) {
             String issn = sherpaJournal.getIssns().get(0);
             externalDataObject.addMetadata(new MetadataValueDTO(
-                    "dc", "identifier", "issn", null, issn));
+                "creativeworkseries", "issn", null, null, issn));
 
         }